Getting hurt Quote by Joan Johnston

““Stay put,” he said. “I don’t want you setting off any explosives that’ll get us both killed.” “Let me go with you.” “I don’t want you getting hurt, Red.” There was something about the sound of his voice that gave her pause. “Don’t tell me you care.” He ruffled her hair as though she were four instead of twenty-five. “All right, I won’t. Just stay put.””

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“She slipped into the shadows and waited, like a she-wolf, for her quarry. Bay caught her breath when Owen Blackthorne stepped into the cool night air. He was close enough to touch. His shaggy black hair looked rumpled, as though he’d shoved both hands through it in agitation. When he started to move off the porch, Bay reached out and…

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“My brother is somewhere in here.” She paused and added in an almost inaudible voice, “I think.” Owen bit back an oath. He’d been raised not to swear around ladies, but as she’d pointed out, it was going to be a long trip if he had to mind his manners when the goddamned woman was going to be so provoking.…

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